Molecular Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria among Refugees from Afghanistan in 2 US Military Hospitals during Operation Allies Refuge, 2021

Cole Anderson; Francois Lebreton; Emma Mills; Brendan Jones; Melissa Martin; Hunter Smith; Roseanne Ressner; Sara Robinson; Wesley Campbell; Jason Smedberg; Michael Backlund; Diane Homeyer; Joshua Hawley-Molloy; Natalie Khan; Henry Dao; Patrick McGann; Jason Bennett

doi:10.3201/eid3014.240152

Molecular Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria among Refugees from Afghanistan in 2 US Military Hospitals during Operation Allies Refuge, 2021

Cole Anderson^*
, Francois Lebreton
, Emma Mills
, Brendan Jones
, Melissa Martin
, Hunter Smith
, Roseanne Ressner
, Sara Robinson
, Wesley Campbell
, Jason Smedberg
, Michael Backlund
, Diane Homeyer
, Joshua Hawley-Molloy
, Natalie Khan
, Henry Dao
, Patrick McGann
, Jason Bennett

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In 2021, two US military hospitals, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, observed a high prevalence of multidrug- resistant bacteria among refugees evacuated from Afghanistan during Operation Allies Refuge. Multidrugresistant isolates collected from 80 patients carried an array of antimicrobial resistance genes, including carbapenemases (blaNDM-1, blaNDM-5, and blaOXA-23) and 16S methyltransferases (rmtC and rmtF). Considering the rising transmission of antimicrobial resistance and unprecedented population displacement globally, these data are a reminder of the need for robust infection control measures and surveillance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S47-S52
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	30
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3014.240152
State	Published - Nov 2024

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Anderson, C., Lebreton, F., Mills, E., Jones, B., Martin, M., Smith, H., Ressner, R., Robinson, S., Campbell, W., Smedberg, J., Backlund, M., Homeyer, D., Hawley-Molloy, J., Khan, N., Dao, H., McGann, P., & Bennett, J. (2024). Molecular Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria among Refugees from Afghanistan in 2 US Military Hospitals during Operation Allies Refuge, 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30(14), S47-S52. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3014.240152

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